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  KEY 
  AND 
  FLORA 
  

  

  2. 
  V. 
  Opulus 
  L., 
  var. 
  americanum. 
  CRANBERRY 
  TREE, 
  HIGH- 
  

   BUSH 
  CRANBERRY. 
  A 
  handsome, 
  upright 
  shrub. 
  Leaves 
  3-5-ribbed 
  

   and 
  3-lobed. 
  Fruit 
  bright 
  red, 
  juicy, 
  very 
  acid, 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   stitute 
  for 
  cranberries. 
  Common 
  N. 
  The 
  form 
  known 
  as 
  "snow- 
  

   ball," 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  flowers 
  showy 
  and 
  sterile, 
  is 
  cultivated 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  B 
  

  

  Flowers 
  all 
  small 
  and 
  bisexual. 
  

  

  3. 
  V. 
  acerifolium 
  L. 
  MAPLE-LEAVED 
  ARROWWOOD. 
  A 
  slender 
  

   shrub, 
  3-6 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  ovate 
  to 
  heart-shaped, 
  palmately 
  

   veined 
  and 
  3-lobed, 
  sen-ate 
  or 
  nearly 
  entire, 
  petioled, 
  downy, 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  smooth 
  above. 
  Cymes 
  peduncled, 
  about 
  7-rayed, 
  2-3 
  in. 
  wide 
  ; 
  

   sterile 
  flowers 
  none. 
  Fruit 
  oval, 
  black 
  ; 
  stone 
  flat, 
  2-ridged 
  on 
  the 
  

   edges. 
  In 
  dry, 
  open 
  woods.* 
  

  

  4. 
  V. 
  dentatum 
  L. 
  ARROWWOOD. 
  A 
  shrub 
  8-15 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   broadly 
  ovate 
  to 
  oval, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  rounded 
  or 
  heart-shaped 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  coarsely 
  dentate, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  hairy 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  the 
  

   veins 
  beneath, 
  short-petioled. 
  Cymes 
  long-peduncled, 
  7-rayed, 
  i 
  

   in. 
  wide; 
  sterile 
  flowers 
  none. 
  Calyx 
  smooth. 
  Fruit 
  globose, 
  dark 
  

   blue 
  ; 
  stone 
  compressed, 
  grooved 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  In 
  rich, 
  damp 
  soil.* 
  

  

  5. 
  V. 
  nudum 
  L. 
  WITHE-ROD. 
  A 
  shrub 
  8-12 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  

   ovate 
  to 
  lanceolate, 
  entire 
  or 
  slightly 
  toothed, 
  acute 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  

   thick, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  the 
  veins 
  prominent 
  beneath; 
  petiole 
  short. 
  

   Cymes 
  short-peduncled, 
  o-rayed; 
  sterile 
  flowers 
  none. 
  Fruit 
  ovoid, 
  

   blue. 
  Common 
  in 
  swamps.* 
  

  

  6. 
  V. 
  Lentago 
  L. 
  NANNYBERRY, 
  SHEEPBERRY. 
  A 
  shrub 
  or 
  small 
  

   tree, 
  sometimes 
  30 
  ft. 
  high. 
  Leaves 
  ovate, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  taper- 
  

   pointed, 
  usually 
  smooth 
  on 
  both 
  sides. 
  Flower 
  clusters 
  large 
  com- 
  

   pound 
  cymes. 
  Fruit 
  oval, 
  | 
  in. 
  or 
  more 
  long, 
  bluish-black, 
  with 
  a 
  

   bloom, 
  eatable. 
  In 
  woods 
  and 
  on 
  banks 
  of 
  streams. 
  

  

  7. 
  V. 
  prunifolium 
  L. 
  BLACK 
  HAW. 
  A 
  small 
  tree, 
  15-20 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  oval 
  to 
  ovate, 
  acute 
  or 
  obtuse 
  at 
  each 
  end, 
  finely 
  and 
  sharply 
  

   serrate, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  above, 
  often 
  slightly 
  downy 
  beneath; 
  

   petioles 
  dilated 
  and 
  rusty-downy. 
  Cymes 
  sessile, 
  large, 
  4-5-rayed; 
  

   sterile 
  flowers 
  none. 
  Fruit 
  oval, 
  bluish-black, 
  eatable. 
  In 
  rich, 
  moist 
  

   woods.* 
  

  

  VII. 
  SAMBUCUS 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  with 
  odd-pinnate 
  leaves. 
  Calyx 
  limb 
  minute 
  or 
  want- 
  

   ing. 
  Flowers 
  very 
  many, 
  small, 
  white, 
  in 
  compound 
  cymes. 
  

   Corolla 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  somewhat 
  urn-shaped 
  tube, 
  and 
  a 
  flattish, 
  

   spreading, 
  5-cleft 
  limb. 
  Stamens 
  5. 
  Stigmas 
  3, 
  sessile. 
  Fruit 
  

   a 
  globular, 
  pulpy 
  drupe, 
  3-seeded, 
  appearing 
  like 
  a 
  berry. 
  

  

  